An Allegheny Airlines Martin 2-0-2, similar to the aircraft involved
Occurrence
Date
December 1, 1959
Summary
Erroneous instrument indication
Site
Bald Eagle Mountain South Williamsport, Pennsylvania 41°13′32.09″N76°54′38.45″W / 41.2255806°N 76.9106806°W / 41.2255806; -76.9106806
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Martin 2-0-2
Operator
Allegheny Airlines
Registration
N174A
Flight origin
Philadelphia International Airport
Stopover
Harrisburg-York State Airport
2nd stopover
Williamsport Regional Airport
3rd stopover
Bradford Regional Airport
4th stopover
Port Erie Airport
Destination
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Passengers
22
Crew
4
Fatalities
25
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Allegheny Airlines Flight 371 was a scheduled passenger flight on December 1, 1959, between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio with stops in Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Williamsport, Bradford, and Erie.
The Martin 2-0-2 operating the flight departed Harrisburg with 26 passengers and crew on board and crashed while maneuvering to land at Williamsport Regional Airport in poor weather. A passenger was the sole survivor. Of the 26 passengers and crew many came from Pennsylvania or other Mid-Atlantic states, however there were two foreign nationals on board: one from France and the other from Lithuania.
The crash was the first fatal accident in the history of Allegheny Airlines and was the deadliest until the 1969 crash of Allegheny Airlines Flight 853. Also the crash was the largest aviation incident in county history, and was the only deadly incident involving Williamsport Regional Airport until the Merion air disaster in 1991.
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